THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1988.
Watson Foils Lee Wai Tong
AND MIDDLESEX BEAT FEDERATION BY 3 GOALS TO 2
Regiment's Grand Display In Miserable Weather
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CHINESE HEAVIER TEAM BUT -! (By “REFEREE”)
Adapting themselves to the prevailing conditions much quic- ker than their opponents, the Middlesex Regiment yesterday secur ed a very fine victory when they beat the Hong Kong Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation by 3 goals to 2, in a charity football game which was singularly one-sided in the first half when it was completely dominated by the Regiment.
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Fielding a very strong team, the Chinese were badly foiled by the heavy rain which fell during the first-half, and, which was to prove their downfall, as the bounce of the ball repeatedly beat their defence while their forwards could accomplish little, if anything, against the fast tackling of the Middlesex defence, in which Watson and Wilkinson stood head and shoulders above the rest.
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Lee Wai-tong found the ground to his disadvantage despite weight, but it was in Watson that he really met his "Waterloo," the latter proving a yard faster every time in a race for the ball, while on two occasions that Lee broke through from a forward pass, Watson overhauled him and spoil- ed his parting shot.
Individually, or as a. team, the Middlesex were better than their opponents. Their defence wasted
little time in sending the ball up to the attack via the intermediate line and their forwards made every use of their opportunities, scoring two grand goals. The Federation team, on the other hand, wasted time in in- credible ways and, in the closing minutes of the game, when the ground was more to their liking and when they were actually dominating the Mid- dlesex defence, their, halves and right- winger, Tao Kwai-shing, threw away precious minutes by incessant drib- bling and dilly-dally methods.
MAK HAS OFF-DAY
Both goalkeepers were given a busy time, although Pau Ka-ping had actually the harder task.of the two as
ALWAYS A DANGER Grogan and Courteny, on the right, and Saw and Marrable, on the left, made two admirable flanking units, while Pearson was always a danger at centre-forward, as witness his grand opening goal off a "daisy-cutter" by Marrable.
and he shot past the loft-upright with only Jackson to beat. It was fairly obvious that with the exception of Fung, and his passes also went astray, none of the other forwards knew where Lee wanted the ball placed
Lau Tau-man was lost at inside- left "and, although he combined * ef- fectively with Hau Ching-to in the latter stages of the second period, he- was rarely up far enough to intercept. a pass from the right-wing."
Hau Ching-to maintained his re- putation as a "surprise merchant," by opening the score, while a second goal he scored was disallowed after the re- feree had pointed to the centre of the field!
Middlesex opened the scoring when Tso Kwai-shing made his "swan- Wilkinson lobbed the ball forward and song" yesterday. His day has come Mak Shui-hon completely misjudged and gone and South China will cer- the bounce, Marrable streaking away tainly have to look for another right-, to send in a grand "daisy-cutter, winger if they hope to remain any- which Pearson brilliantly turned to where near the top of the First Di- account by placing past Pau for the vision table. Although given magni- first goal. ficent passes throughout the evening, he wasted valuable time in sending the ball into the goal area. Fung King-cheong was no better at inside-right, and was unable to make the openings for his leader until later in the second-half, when he gave glimpses of his true form.
NEVER HAD A CHANCE Lee Wai-tong never had a chance throughout the game, with one ception, when Watson distracted him
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· MAK AGAIN AT FAULT Not long after the Middlesex ́were again on the rampage and a succes sion of shots by their forwards were blocked until the ball strayed to. Grogan, who took a running drive at it and Mak Shui-hon, badly misjudging its pace, deflected the ball, with his boot past Pau for the Regiment's second goal.
Pearson added the Middlesex's third ! (Continued on Page 21)
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Mak Shui-hon was unfortunate to THOMLINSON “T” FOOTBALL
choose yesterday to have an off-day, and did. everything wrong in front of the goal, include scoring a goal for Middlesex when he badly mistimed a clearance and deflected the ball into the net.
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Watson was the pick of the four ful-backs on view and kept to his feet in a remarkable manner, his great speed and fine anticipation saving many an ugly situation from materialising into a score.
Individually. Wilkinson was the pick of the six halves and played a splendid game at left-half, where he more or less had complete control of the South
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